Decatur, Georgia This article is about Decatur, Georgia, governmental center of county of De - Kalb County.
State of Georgia, see Decatur County, Georgia.
Decatur, Georgia City of Decatur Official logo of Decatur, Georgia Location in De - Kalb County and the state of Georgia Location in De - Kalb County and the state of Georgia Decatur is positioned in the US Decatur - Decatur Named for Commodore Stephen Decatur Commission Decatur City Commission Decatur is a town/city in, and governmental center of county of, De - Kalb County, Georgia, United States.
With a populace of 20,148 in the 2013 census, the municipality is sometimes assumed to be larger since multiple zip codes in unincorporated De - Kalb County bear the Decatur name.
Decatur was established at the intersection of two Native American trails: the Sandtown, which led east from the Chattahoochee River at Utoy Creek, and the Shallowford, which follows today's Clairmont Road, and eventually crossed near Roswell.
It was titled for United States Navy Commodore Stephen Decatur. " During the American Civil War, Decatur became a strategic site in Sherman's Atlanta Campaign.
We attacked Decatur on the 22d and took the town driving out a Brigade of Infantry and a good deal of Dismounted Cavalry.
In the last half of the twentieth century the urbane region of Atlanta period into unincorporated De - Kalb County, eventually encircling two sides of the town of Decatur.
However, more recently the town/city has regained economic vigor, partially thanks to a several long-term downtown evolution plans that have come to fruition, making Decatur a trendy small mixed-use precinct with easy transit to downtown Atlanta.
Decatur is positioned at 33 46 17 N 84 17 52 W (33.771355, -84.297732). According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.2 square miles (11 km2), all of it land.
The ZIP code 30030 (which includes Decatur) has one of the highest percentages of homeholds with same sex couples in Georgia, 9.20% as of 2000. Education levels for Decatur are above average for the Atlanta area, with 56% of inhabitants having obtained a bachelor's degree or higher, and 27% having obtained a graduate degree or higher. Decatur High School The Decatur City School District, which serves the town/city limits, holds pre-school to undertaking twelve, and consists of a pre-K early childhood learning center, five elementary schools, a fourth and fifth undertaking academy, a middle school, and a high school. The Decatur City School District was the highest performing school precinct in Georgia on the SATs for the 2014-2015 school year. The De - Kalb County School District, which serves unincorporated areas in De - Kalb County around Decatur, operates the William Bradley Bryant Center (WBBC) in an unincorporated region near Decatur. Decatur High School The Decatur City precinct has 224 full-time teachers and over 4,400 students from pre-K through undertaking 12. Emory University, northwest of Decatur, in close-by unincorporated De - Kalb County De - Kalb County Public Library operates the Decatur Branch and is also the Dekalb County Library Headquarters.
The Charter of the City of Decatur establishes the City Commission as the governing and legislative authority of the City government.
The Commission appoints a experienced City Manager to carry out the policies, directives and day-to-day company of the city.
There are also a several citizen volunteer boards and commissions appointed by the City Commission, including the Planning Commission, the Zoning Board of Appeals, and the Historic Preservation Commission.
The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice has its command posts in Avondale Estates, near Decatur. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has its command posts near Decatur, in an unincorporated area. The United States Postal Service operates the Decatur Post Office. Decatur Heights Decatur has a grow art and festival scene.
The Decatur Arts Alliance hosts the Decatur Arts Festival each May, in addition to installing enhance art around the city, providing loggia space for small-town artists, producing YEA!, which is an event for young emerging artists, and supporting arts and arts education throughout the City.
Decatur is home to Eddie's Attic, which is a live music venue hosting shows almost every evening.
Decatur is known for its incessant festivals, which include the annual Decatur Arts Festival, Decatur Stirs, Decatur Beach Party, Decatur BBQ, Blues & Bluegrass Festival, the Decatur Book Festival, the Decatur Maker Faire, The Decatur Beer Festival and the Decatur Wine Festival.
Public art in Decatur includes Celebration (artist Gary Price), Valentine (artist George Lundeen), Thomas Jefferson (George Lundeen), Commodore Stephen Decatur (artist unknown), Roy A.
Decatur is known for its food scene and was titled one of the South's "Tastiest Towns" in 2012.
Decatur has a burgeoning beer scene with the award-winning Brick Store Pub, Twain's Brewpub, 3 Taverns Brewery and Blue Tarp Brewing Co.
The Decatur Craft Beer Festival was titled one of the top ten beer celebrations in the United States. Decatur is also home to Independent Distilling Co.
The Decatur Square gazebo from the old courthouse steps Decatur's downtown region and residentiary neighborhoods are filled with historic structures and sites of interest.
It includes both the college ground and encircling historic homes, and is book-ended by the Winnona Park Historic District to the east and the MAK Historic District to the west.
Clairemont Historic District, north of Decatur Square This tree-lined, brick and limestone ground lies inside Decatur's Winnona Park neighborhood.
Decatur Cemetery, 229 Bell Street.
This historic cemetery was established in the early 19th century and is positioned northeast of Decatur Square.
Decatur Railway Depot, 301 East Howard Street.
Decatur's renovated depot is now a restaurant known as Kimball House.
The historic courthouse sits in Decatur Square, and contains a small history exhibition.
This modest 19th-century structure stands at the entrance to Decatur Cemetery.
Historic Oakhurst, in southwest Decatur.
An early 20th century town took in by Decatur, Oakhurst still has its own company precinct surrounded by bungalows.
Decatur's first small-town historic precinct is full of early 20th century American Craftsman-style homes and has been used by Hollywood for films.
A beautiful granite chapel on historic Sycamore Street that is owned by Decatur First United Methodist Church.
A single street of bungalows and palm trees east of Decatur Square (off Ponce de Leon Avenue).
Historic Sycamore Street, Some of Decatur's biggest historic residences line this street.
Winnona Park Historic District, in southeast Decatur.
Decatur has three sister cities, as designated by Sister Cities International, Inc.
National Register of Historic Places listings in De - Kalb County, Georgia "Race, Black, White , Age, and Housing Occupancy: 2013 Enumeration Redistricting Data (Public Law 94-171) Summary File (QT-PL), Decatur city, Georgia".
Georgia Board of Education, Retrieved June 8, 2010.
De - Kalb County School District.
"2652 Lawrenceville Highway Decatur, GA 30033" City of Decatur Schools." City of Decatur Schools, retrieved March 15, 2016 Georgia Perimeter College, Retrieved April 1, 2013.
City Commission Retrieved March 15, 2016.
"The GBI Headquarters is positioned at: 3121 Panthersville Road Decatur GA, 30034" A Tentative Reconstruction of the Decatur Town Map of 1823, Atlanta Historical Bulletin, No.30, 1965.
Historic De - Kalb County: An Illustrated History (Georgia Heritage Series).
Early History of Decatur.
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